March 28
1987 Dick Motta won his 800th game as an NBA coach.
2000 Michael Finley had a triple-double with 20 points, 12 rebounds, and
10 assists. It was the 23rd time a Mavs player had a triple-double
and the 5th of 6 times Finley had a triple-double with Dallas.
2001 With the win over Portland, Dallas set the then team record of most
road wins in a season at 21.
2001 Placed Mark Bryant on IR with a sprained left thumb. Bryant was
activated 9 days (5 games) later.
2003 Avery Johnson played in his 1,000th NBA game. The 5-11 Johnson
joined Calvin Murphy (5-9, 1,002 games) as the only NBA players
under 6-foot to play in 1,000 games.
2007 Assigned Pops Mensah-Bonsu to the Fort Worth Flyers of the NBADL.
2007 Dirk Nowitzki suffered a sprained ankle late in the 2nd quarter of
the Milwaukee game. He started the 2nd half and only lasted about
a minute before sitting out the rest of the game. He did not miss
any other games due to the injury.
Games
Record: 7-8 (home: 2-2, road: 5-6)
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1984 L @Boston 107-114 -7 Aguirre 28 Cummings 14 Bird 23
Game #73, current record: 39-34, streak: lost 2; final record: 43-39
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1987 W @Washington 114-107 +7 Aguirre 28 Tarpley 9 MMalone 26
Game #71, current record: 47-24, streak: won 1; final record: 55-27
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1988 L @New York 106-114 -8 Aguirre 36 Tarpley 14 Wilkins 28
Game #68, current record: 46-22, streak: lost 1; final record: 53-29
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1989 L @Cleveland 90-102 -12 Harper 20 Wenningto 10 Harper 26
Game #69, current record: 31-38, streak: lost 11; final record: 38-44
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1993 L San Antonio 107-114 -7 Legler 19 Davis 6 Robinson 31
Game #68, current record: 7-61, streak: lost 2; final record: 11-71
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1995 W Milwaukee 114-93 +21 Mashburn 21 Tarpley 11 Robinson 21
Game #67, current record: 30-37, streak: won 5; final record: 36-46
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2000 W @LA Clippers 112-102 +10 MF/DN 20 Finley 12 Piatkows 28
Michael Finley had a triple-double with 20 points, 12 rebounds, and 10
assists. It was the 23rd time a Mavs player had a triple-double and
the 5th of 6 times Finley had a triple-double with Dallas.
Cedric Ceballos did not play due to a broken left pinky finger (the
3rd of 3 games he would miss due to the injury).
Game #71, current record: 31-40, streak: won 2; final record: 40-42
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2001 W @Portland 94-84 +10 Howard 24 Nowitzki 14 Sabonis 19
Juwan Howard dislocated his left ring finger at the end of the game.
He did not miss any games due to his injury.
Game #71, current record: 46-25, streak: won 3; final record: 53-29
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2002 L @Minnesota 111-113 -2 Nowitzki 34 DN/SB 8 Szczerbi 26
Adrian Griffin did not play due to a sprained left ankle (the 2nd of 3
games he would miss due to the injury).
Game #71, current record: 49-22, streak: lost 1; final record: 57-25
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2003 L @Portland 95-112 -17 Nowitzki 20 A.-Wahad 8 Wallace 20
Avery Johnson played in his 1,000th NBA game.
Michael Finley did not play due to a strained left hamstring (the 5th
of 13 games he would miss due to the injury).
Game #72, current record: 54-18, streak: lost 1; final record: 60-22
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2004 W @Orlando 118-88 +30 Nowitzki 25 Howard 12 DGooden 20
Michael Finley did not play due to a sore right calf (the 3rd of 3
games he would miss due to the injury).
Game #73, current record: 45-28, streak: won 1; final record: 52-30
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2005 W @Detroit 95-88 +7 Howard 24 Nowitzki 10 CBillups 26
Game #70, current record: 47-23; streak: won 2; final record: 58-24
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2006 L @Detroit 90-97 -7 DN/JS 25 DNowitzki 11 CBillups 31
Adrian Griffin did not play due to a strained right hamstring (the 9th
of 15 games he would miss due to the injury).
Game #71, current record: 54-17; streak: lost 1; final record: 60-22
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2007 W Milwaukee 105-103 +2 JTerry 27 EDampier 10 MRedd 34
Dirk Nowitzki suffered a sprained ankle late in the 2nd quarter. He
started the 2nd half and only lasted about a minute before sitting out
the rest of the game. He did not miss any other games due to the injury.
Game #71, current record: 60-11; streak: won 8; final record: 67-15
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2013 L Indiana 78-103 -25 DNowitzki 21 EBrand 8 PGeorge 24
Indiana opened the 3rd quarter with a 20-5 run to take a 61-46 lead.
Indiana out-scored Dallas 34-17 in the 3rd quarter.
Indiana out-rebounded Dallas 55-34 including 15-7 offensive.
Game #72, current record: 35-37; streak: lost 1; final record: 41-41